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Assignment 3: Hydropower

The document discusses a pre-feasibility study for a small hydropower project in China. It provides details on the project site location in Hunan Province, proposed dam and reservoir specifications that would provide 125,000 cubic meters of daily storage. It also discusses the environmental flow requirement, canal and tunnel infrastructure needs totaling 4.1 km, a 2.2 km steel penstock, and flow duration curve data for the site. The utility is offering an electricity purchase price of $0.055/kWh.

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Assignment 3: Hydropower

The document discusses a pre-feasibility study for a small hydropower project in China. It provides details on the project site location in Hunan Province, proposed dam and reservoir specifications that would provide 125,000 cubic meters of daily storage. It also discusses the environmental flow requirement, canal and tunnel infrastructure needs totaling 4.1 km, a 2.2 km steel penstock, and flow duration curve data for the site. The utility is offering an electricity purchase price of $0.055/kWh.

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Assignment 3: Hydropower

You have been hired by an independent power producer to prepare a pre-feasibility study of a
small hydro project in China. The independent power producer is considering the
development of a project where the electricity generated would be sold into the central
electricity grid under the terms of a 15-year Electricity Purchase Agreement.
 
The site is located in the Rucehn country in the Hunan Province of China. The site is easily
accessible by road and a reconnaissance survey of the site has already been completed. Based
on the results of the reconnaissance study it was determined that a small concrete dam
approximately 10 m high and 70 m long could be constructed and would provide
approximately 125000 m3 of daily pondage and maintain an average water level elevation of
Y m. A suitable powerhouse location was identified near an existing hot spring resort where
the river elevation is 280 m under normal flow conditions.
 
Y = 2,9988*X + 800,04
where X is the last 2 digits of your personal/student number
 
An environmental assessment has determined that a minimum flow requirement of 0,035 m3/s
is to be maintained annually. Based on the available topographic mapping, development of the
site will involve several sections of canal and tunnel (operating as an underground canal)
totalling approximately 4.1 km. Preliminary estimates indicate that an above-ground canal can
be constructed for about 2.4 km through rocky terrain. The remaining 1.7 km will have to be
tunnelled due to extremely steep mountain slopes. A 2.2 km welded steel penstock with a
diameter of 1,25 m will be required between the end of the tunnel/canal conveyance structures
and the powerhouse. The independent power producer has indicated a preference for a
single turbine.
 
The independent power producer has provided you with the following flow-duration curve
data of the site, obtained from the reconnaissance survey:
 
Time Q (m3/s)
(%)
0 5,49
5 3,99
10 3,24
15 2,79
20 2,55
25 2,39
30 2,24
35 2,09
40 1,89
45 1,69
50 1,54
55 1,47
60 1,39
65 1,26
70 1,14
75 0,89
80 0,69
85 0,59
90 0,51
95 0,41
100 0,34
 
The utility is currently offering an electricity purchase price of US$0.055/kWh.
Note:  The answers will be corrected individually and points will be granted for each correct
answer. The tolerance of the answer is within an interval of 2%, i.e. as long as your answer is
within +/- 2% from the correct answer, the answer is approved. Use point "." in a decimal
number and give your answer with 2 decimals.
 
Assumptions:

- The design flow corresponds to the flow at 40% of the time

- hydraulic losses correspond to the friction losses in the penstock

- generator efficiency is 90%

- transmission and parasitic losses are 1% each

- the firm flow is selected at 95% of the time

- fuel conversion efficiency of the diesel engine is 30%

- the diesel engine has a CO2 emission factor of 77,4 kg/GJ of fuel

- downtime losses are 4%

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